Economic Policy

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2009

Obama's False Reform

William Greider

Congress should step up its investigations of the roots of the financial crisis and slow down the rush to weak solutions--especially the empowerment of the Federal Reserve.
Bucking the Banks

Christopher Hayes : Banks & Banking

How can we expect the experts to reform the financial system when it's experts who got us into this mess to begin with?
Foreclosure Fiasco

Robert Scheer : Banks & Banking

The Bush-Obama strategy of throwing trillions at the banks to solve the mortgage crisis is a huge bust. Will the president be able to extricate us from this mess?
Thievery Under TARP

Robert Scheer

We're being robbed. A scathing report by the Treasury Department's inspector general says the TARP program is mismanaged and rife with potential fraud.
Ethics Under TARP

Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy

As government takes a larger role in business, political skills may matter more than business acumen. And ethics? Not so much.
A Revolution in Spirit

Benjamin R. Barber

The economic crisis requires a radical response--not revved-up consumerism.
A House-Poor Nation

Adam Doster

Without significant federal action, affordable housing will become increasingly out of reach.
Foreclosure Fightback

Ben Ehrenreich

Activists demand a foreclosure freeze, renegotiated loans and a bailout for all.

2008

Can Obama Stay the Course?

Robert Scheer : US Foreign Policy

As he drives his team of retreads, the challenge for Obama is to remain the agent of change who electrified the nation.
The Bailout: Bush's Final Pillage

Naomi Klein : U.S. Economy

Brace yourself for a final, frantic stripping of public wealth as the Bush regime goes out the door.
Obama's Bailout Strategy

Tom Hayden : Presidential Election 2008

Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.
The Fundamental Deregulator

Huffington Post : Presidential Election 2008

John McCain may have recently discovered his inner populist, but he has been pushing for deregulation all year.
A Conservative Confidence Game

Deborah Stone : U.S. Economy

The Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac crisis strips the clothes off the Emperor of Markets.
State Capitalism Comes to America

Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks & Banking

A historic line has been crossed. With no debate or commitment to policy or principle, an enormous segment of the American economy has been turned over to the government.
For a New Economics

: U.S. Economy

The tepid platform Democrats will adopt in Denver isn't a new social contract, but it does go places Republicans never will. Let's hope Obama does better.
Economic Free Fall

William Greider : U.S. Economy

We are flirting with catastrophe, and our foreign creditors are part of the story.
Portrait of a Panic

Nicholas von Hoffman : Banks & Banking

America is shaken by images of panicked customers lined up to withdraw money from the failed IndyMac Bank.

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